General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,909 23.22%	7,210
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,610 13.54%	4,622
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,653 7.76%	1,676
Banking	16	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	+7.68%	5,849 6.82%	1,286
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£53,750	-2.27%	4,869 5.68%	2,556
Marketing	41	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-18.18%	3,842 4.48%	1,973
Public Sector	57	Up 37 places+37	£60,000	-	2,817 3.29%	1,132
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,647 3.09%	1,069
Retail	62	Down -5 places-5	£52,500	-4.54%	2,620 3.06%	1,237
Law	76	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+9.09%	2,198 2.56%	633
Legal	80	Down -8 places-8	£67,500	+17.39%	1,961 2.29%	866
Organisational Skills	95	Up 12 places+12	£38,000	-15.55%	1,633 1.90%	806
Telecoms	105	Up 14 places+14	£42,500	-9.57%	1,548 1.81%	616
Electronics	171	Down -42 places-42	£52,500	-11.61%	1,077 1.26%	430
Games	212	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	-9.09%	851 0.99%	395
Presentation Skills	217	Down -129 places-129	£60,000	+3.44%	818 0.95%	570
Influencing Skills	223	Down -7 places-7	£77,405	+23.84%	794 0.93%	361
Automotive	232	Up 97 places+97	£48,000	-9.85%	745 0.87%	406
Aerospace	246	Up 81 places+81	£55,000	+0.37%	694 0.81%	425
Advertising	272	Down -92 places-92	£45,000	-25.00%	601 0.70%	304
Pharmaceutical	290	Up 16 places+16	£60,000	+20.00%	568 0.66%	206
Multimedia	306	Up 266 places+266	£30,500	-12.23%	529 0.62%	440
Local Government	335	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-	470 0.55%	203
Financial Institution	337	Down -158 places-158	£85,000	-0.93%	466 0.54%	176
Documentation Skills	354	Up 69 places+69	£55,000	+2.80%	440 0.51%	184
Back Office	355	Up 119 places+119	£56,250	-22.41%	439 0.51%	137
Billing	397	Up 92 places+92	£40,000	-28.57%	367 0.43%	234
Front Office	402	Down -255 places-255	£112,500	-	357 0.42%	122
Military	414	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-13.04%	339 0.40%	182
French Language	415	Down -176 places-176	£45,000	-30.76%	338 0.39%	118
German Language	446	Down -208 places-208	£40,000	-45.76%	297 0.35%	160
Aviation	490	Up 15 places+15	£65,000	+13.04%	243 0.28%	133
Tech for Good	522	Down -60 places-60	£70,000	+7.69%	205 0.24%	30
Health Technology	522	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	-14.28%	205 0.24%	126
Publishing	549	Down -117 places-117	£60,000	-7.69%	175 0.20%	89
Investment Banking	557	Down -183 places-183	£95,000	-15.55%	167 0.19%	70
Police	586	Down -180 places-180	£55,000	+6.19%	138 0.16%	36
Spanish Language	604	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-23.80%	120 0.14%	65
Social Housing	631	Down -99 places-99	£50,000	-13.04%	93 0.11%	49
Agriculture	631	Down -49 places-49	£43,500	-15.12%	93 0.11%	46
Aeronautics	642	Down -40 places-40	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.096%	16
Retail Banking	646	Down -130 places-130	£82,500	-1.28%	78 0.091%	20
Dutch Language	648	Down -50 places-50	£35,000	-3.44%	76 0.089%	37
Italian Language	649	Down -33 places-33	£42,500	-40.35%	75 0.088%	32
Brand Awareness	651	Down -67 places-67	£42,500	-	73 0.085%	43
General Ledger	653	Down -84 places-84	£82,500	+14.59%	71 0.083%	37
Digital Healthcare	655	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	-7.69%	69 0.081%	17
Fire and Rescue	659	Down -48 places-48	£40,000	-22.80%	65 0.076%	32
Digital Health	659	Down -38 places-38	£73,750	+34.09%	65 0.076%	44
Swedish Language	661	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	+87.50%	63 0.074%	14